"I see my pilgrimage to Mariazell added the Pope as a walk with the pilgrims of our time". A journey then, not just a "walk to a sanctuary", as well as a "walk back to everyday life", and "every week our everyday life repeated the Pope always begins on a Sunday". "I know that in Austria Sundays, as a day off work, and also any spare time on the other weekdays are partly used by many people to do voluntary work and serve others. Such commitment too, generously and selflessness offered for the good and the salvation of others concluded Benedict XVI , marks the pilgrimage of our life. Those who look to their neighbours look to Christ and serve Him". As he flew to Vienna, Benedict XVI sent greetings to the heads of the states he was flying over. In the message to the Italian president, he made "a wish for peace and harmony", in the message to the Croatian president Stjepan Mesic, he invoked "the gifts of peace and prosperity on the beloved Croatian population", and in his message to the Slovenian president, Janez Drnovsek, "the Lord’s blessing" for all Slovenians.
